Senior Software Engineer – AI-Powered SaaS Platform

FREEDOM SOLUTIONS GR; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with match

Bonus program

Job summary

Litera in Denver, CO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance the Kira platform within a scalable SaaS stack. This hybrid role requires in‑office presence at least 3 days a week for collaboration and growth.

You’ll design and deliver backend services and RESTful APIs using Clojure or Lisp-family language, optimize performance, and mentor peers while partnering with cross-functional teams to drive platform reliability and security.

Qualifications

• Proven professional software development experience with Clojure or a Lisp-family language.
• Strong understanding of scalable SaaS applications and modern architecture.
• Solid SQL experience, including PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of testing methodologies and engineering best practices.
• Strong collaboration within distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable backend features across services, APIs, and frontend apps.
• Improve platform performance, reliability, and maintainability in a SaaS environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product goals into technical solutions.
• Lead technical problem-solving and code reviews to improve quality.
• Contribute reusable, high-quality code for future development and consistency.
• Influence architecture decisions for security and scalability.
• Mentor teammates and promote engineering best practices.
• Help evolve processes to enable efficient delivery.

Skills

Clojure

SaaS architecture

SQL

RESTful APIs

Testing practices

Team collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

RESTful APIs

AWS

Docker

RabbitMQ

ElasticSearch

Job description

Litera in Denver, CO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance the Kira platform within a scalable SaaS stack. This hybrid role requires in‑office presence at least 3 days a week for collaboration and growth.

You’ll design and deliver backend services and RESTful APIs using Clojure or Lisp-family language, optimize performance, and mentor peers while partnering with cross-functional teams to drive platform reliability and security.